Originally Posted by Bump (Post 9649891)

Not long after Wilmot’s experiment, authorities arrested her and charged her with “possession/discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device,” according to WTSP-TV.

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 9649931)

I suppose the school would classify this as a WMD?

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Originally Posted by Lumpy (Post 9649930)

Originally Posted by Consistent1 (Post 9649983)

If it is a federal felony charge, it is possible there is more to that story.

Originally Posted by Consistent1 (Post 9649983)

If it is a federal felony charge, it is possible there is more to that story.

Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 9650134)

Nope. Clearly those few sentences explained everything.

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 9649955)

Let's get too dramatic. I'll bet that this girl's punishment is drastically reduced.

Originally Posted by Consistent1 (Post 9650144)

The kid is 16, consider that. Also look at the source it comes from. The feds waste time on shit like weed maybe, but a kid blowing up a bottle?

Originally Posted by Consistent1 (Post 9650159)

And I am not saying I am right, but she could have been trying to make something like meth as I said in the beginning, or an explosive deal. Who knows, just sounds like too much law enforcement trouble for something they could have suspended her a day, or two, for.

Originally Posted by Consistent1 (Post 9650159)

And I am not saying I am right, but she could have been trying to make something like meth as I said in the beginning, or an explosive deal. Who knows, just sounds like too much law enforcement trouble for something they could have suspended her a day, or two, for.

Originally Posted by Bump (Post 9649891)

Arrested, expelled and who knows what's gonna happen to her. But chances are, her life is ruined. Why? A science experiment with a water bottle and the cap blew off.

But she's just an unimportant person, not of any rich family or anything so who cares, right?

http://www.alternet.org/civil-libert...roject-mistake

What's gonna happen when YOUR kid makes a mistake?


May 1, 2013 |



A Florida teen with an exemplary record is facing federal charges after conducting what a classmate calls “a science project gone bad.”

16-year-old Kiera Wilmot is accused of mixing housing chemicals in a small water bottle at Bartow High School, causing the cap to fly off and produce a bit of smoke. The experiment was conducted outdoors, no property was damaged, and no one was injured.

Not long after Wilmot’s experiment, authorities arrested her and charged her with “possession/discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device,” according to WTSP-TV. The school district proceeded to expel Wilmot for handling the “dangerous weapon,” also known as a water bottle. She will have to complete her high school education through an expulsion program.

Friends and staffers, including the school principal, came to Wilmot’s defense, telling media that authorities arrested an upstanding student who meant no harm.

"She is a good kid," principal Ron Richard told WTSP-TV. "She has never been in trouble before. Ever."

"She just wanted to see what happened to those chemicals in the bottle," a classmate added. "Now, look what happened."

Polk County Schools stands by its decision to expel Wilmot, asserting in a statement, “there are consequences to actions,” and calling Wilmot’s experiment a “serious breach of conduct.”

Originally Posted by Bump (Post 9649940)

I actually recall my 9th grade science teach doing a similar experiment. He did something where the cap of a 2 liter bottle blew off into the ceiling.

Now he would be put on death row for that.